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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-D8B6C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy as, probably of Vespasian (AD 69-79) (Reece Period 4), PROVIDENT S C, Altar. Mint unclear. For general type, see RIC II, plate 35, no. 448 passim. This type was struck at Lyon and Rome. It was also struck for Titus and Domitian as Caesar under Vespasian, but the portrait appears to be for Vespasian.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 69
Date to: Exactly AD 79
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 9.12 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Vespasian
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 4 [69-96]
Obverse description: Unclear laureate head right
Obverse inscription: [ ... ]
Reverse description: Altar
Reverse inscription: [P]RO[VIDENT, S C]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Bullington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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